Parsing a Date Using a Pattern

 try {
     SimpleDateFormat formatter =
       new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy");
     
     Date d = formatter.parse(
       "Tuesday, January 03, 1956");
     
     formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
       "EE, MMM d, yy");
     
     d = formatter.parse("Tue, Jan 3, 56");
     
     formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
       "EE, MM d, yy");
     
     d = formatter.parse("Tue, 01 3, 56");
     
     process(d);
 } catch (ParseException e) {
 }